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This contribution presents a thorough study of the SE-German molasse
basin, its subsidence history and the sequence stratigraphy in the
sediments of that basin. The study is based on seismic and borehole
data generously provided by German petroleum companies. A detailed
outcrop study of marine Molasse deposits was carried out to they are
thought to be analogues of sandy tidal sediments. Using probabilistic
modelling and simulations it was found that the reservoir
characteristics, due to the simple layercake structure of the Molasse
sediment can be predicted from the data of one single well.
The results of the sequence stratigraphic study and those of the
subsidence analysis are described and used as input parameters for a
stratigraphic model of the Molasse basin.